OFFICIAL SITE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

NJPDES Permit Fee Report and Fee Schedule

The NJPDES program rules are set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:14A. All persons who wish to discharge wastewater in the state are required to obtain a NJPDES discharge permit from the Department.  Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:10A-9, the Department is authorized to “establish and charge reasonable annual administrative fees, which fees shall be based upon, and shall not exceed, the estimated cost of processing, monitoring and administering the NJPDES permits.”  The Department first established a NJPDES fee program in 1981.  Current NJPDES permit fees are assessed in accordance with the fee schedule identified at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-3.1 .

The NJPDES budget and fee schedule covers the costs to issue and manage NJPDES permits, including, but not limited to, the following activities:

• the review of NJPDES permit applications;
• the development of specific permit terms and conditions including wasteload allocations and water quality based effluent limitations;
• stream monitoring and modeling;
• conducting compliance and 24-hour sampling inspections;
• ground water compliance sampling;
• supervising the installation of ground water monitoring wells;
• evaluating and approving ground water remediation alternatives;
• evaluating compliance with the terms and conditions of each NJPDES permit; and
• providing for the general administrative costs of the NJPDES program including regulatory support, data processing, and budgeting.

N.J.S.A. 58:10A-10 provides the Department with the authority to seek civil administrative penalties for failure to pay assessed NJPDES permit fees.

Annual Fee Schedule Reports and Associated Materials